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nstitute NeWVslletteir PREP'ARED FOR YOUR INFORMATION BYTNE INSTITUTE STAFF177S N.STREET; ..N.W.,.. WASHINGTON, D.O.: 20D06I •396-6M91' Number 67 February 8!, 1973 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION turned down a petition from Ban¢haf"s Ac- tion,on~Smokingiand Health,which hadirequested that FTC move im- mediately to~ban "little cigar" broadcast,ads. In ainews release, the Commission said any action on "little cigars" shouldibe handled by;Congiress, not by Administration action under FTC at this time. *** *'*~a *** **~ LATEICOUNT ON THE MAIL at the Civil Aeronautics Board!: Some 2500 members of the public want a complete smoking prohibition on air- craf't; another 5,000 favor the CAB's proposed smoker-nonsmoker seg- regation rule (whether they would inilight of the recent all-airline voluntary segregation is a question),,, and about 1,35&oppose any CAB rule. REP. YOUNG (R-FLai.)', REINTRODUCED his "Nonsmokers,Relief Act" onithe opening day of the 93rd Congress andlsaid:, "The right not to smoke should be basic, yet each,day nonsmoking Americans traveling on planes, trains, and busses are forced to inhale noxious fi:mes comingifrom smoking passengers." The bill requires smoker-segrega- tion on all public conveyances. THE FBI, POSTAL AUTHORITIES and top TAX' and LAW OFFICIALS'from seven Eastern states met for a two-day conference late last month in an effort to cut down cigarette smuggling by organized criminals., The meeting,, held!in Albany, was'organized by New York state tax Commis- sioner Norman Ga'11man at Gov. Rockefeller's diirecti~on. Accordingi to GalTman, smuggling has cost his state an estimated $85 million in tax revenues. The Chicago Tribune editorial that highly praised the tobacco i~ndus- try:'s Harvardiresearch grant (Newsletter, 66) was reprinted in the Baltimore Sun.

-2 "THERE IS A DISTINCT SUSPICION," said the Columbus Dis- ~a~ in,an editorial, "that the eight tobacco firms sponsoring the Harvard study believe they cannot be hurt additionally by claims against the hazards of smoking. Thus the findings of the researchers may mitigate the role of:smoking in damagingihealth...Such a research, project cannot help but uncover more medically signilfi- cant data and the tobacco firms are,to be commendedide- spite what anyone may read into their intentions."' The,Spriingfieldl,, Mass., Union also commented on the!Har- vard project: "What the five-year study proposes is to clarify the relative impact of various enuironmental' factors, as well as smoking, on susceptibility to the diseases. With the prestige of Harvard Medical School behind it, the outcome should be significant, but unlikely to produce great change in the nation's smoking habits." *~~ *** **~. EMBROILED OVER A SMOKING BAN PLEA in the state house, Nebraska legis- lators have added the question of proper attire to the debate and the LincolniStar is apparently fed up with,ths situation. "The smok- ing controversy," the Star saidlin an editorial, "is probably the least important of those in which, the Legislature should,be ernbroiled.. From the standpoint of the surgeonigeneral's warning,, it,would be up: to the individual lawmaker to decide whether he wants tolprotect his healthi. And as cavernous as the chamber is,, smoke dissipates fast enoughinot to offend the nonaddict. Nor can the question of dignity seriously be tied to tobacco and dress shirts and ties., The Legis- lature should be grown up enough,not to have to enforce a dress code on,itseTf." MEA:NWHILE„ A,NO-SMOKING RESOLUTION WAS DEFEATED by the Bellevue, Nebr. city council after a dentist/councilman said he didn't believe a minority should control the air others breathe. The resolution said smoking,does not conform with "proper dignity and decorum" in the council chambers. The Calif. Democratic State Central Committee VOTED TO ABOLISH "smoke- filled" rooms. Members voted1433-284 to prohibit cigarette, cigar and pipe smoking indoors at Committee meetings, and urged the legiis- lature to ban smoking in public places. Madison, Wisc., City Council also jained the legislative "ban" wagon and on a 12-10 vote disallowed smoking in council chambers with al$25 fine for violiation of'the rules. ALSO IN THE MIDWEST, the Iowa Senate voted' 28-2q,, and':the House 54-411,, to continue to permit smoking during sessions.

(Not'prrnQed adGvaernmentexpense)' ilJllited Staces ofA'merica' PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF' TIdEI 92 d CONGRESS;, SECOND SESSION • BPEECHBYREPRESENTATIVE, DAVID E! $ATI'ERF'IPsLD ILI . OF EION. W. C. (DAN') DANIEL a~, vnicnvu.. ~ IN TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesd¢y, Oetober18; 1972 Mn DANIEL of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, recentiytheHonorableDAVm E. Sa'rTER- >lrIhl.D II7, who so ably represents Vii•- ginia'S Third District in this body, ar]- dressedtheCorporation Center forSci- Sci- entific Research Relative to Tobacco- Identifled, for fairly obvious; reasons as; CORESTA/TCRA-at a Jointconference held in Williamsburg, Va. This was a fitting location for such a meeting, since the Vii'ginfaColony intro- dilced tobacco to, Europe, and an apt e:holce: of speaker, since Representative SexrERFlEin shares with other Members who represent tobacco-growingand proc- essitlg districts a~ grave concern for the abuse-possibly undeserved-which has consistently been heaped on this impor- tantilld{tstry;, - - - Instead of; concentrating his remarlds on ttieeconomlc impactof thisagricul- tural commodity, which 4s sizable, Can- gZE55mansASTERFIELnidj5Cll59ed at length the growingbody of',apinion which is be- ginning to have second thouglits'~. about the medicalimpact ofcigarette smoking. Mn S;trraR'r1El:b strikes to the heart of the problem and throws'out a challenge to his audien¢e early, in his; statement when hesays: The truth of the matter f6 that'. the polit- 1ca1 controversy~ exists ~beeause there are vast gape In our knowledge about smoking and i healthand that theexistence~.oLthesegaps haa~~.beendenied fortoo longby those who have anonscientiacstake~~.ln attacking~..to- bacco: Makemo m1.9takeaboutit, well.mten- ttoned forces; are at work throughoutt2ie world to impose a~guiltyverdictupon smak- ing-Wlthoutdueprocese of aclence: Since Mr. SArTExeIECa's statement and the testimony by experts atthe ~~. time of hearings on the conques'~.t of'. cancer bill have not received as wide distribution as have the claims~~. of other experts who seem bentl on Outlawingcigarettes, I in. clude his entirestatementinthe RECOwn at this'~. point, so that M'embersof the Congre'ss may~ benefit from this other'~ side of the story:', $PEECH'. BTRrpaS9CMArr- DAVin E. 8drrmrre[.o III am pleased to,Joln with Dr: Hahn and Isr'. &Iedmansegg Inwelcomingyou to this Joint Conference of CORESTA and TCRC. ItlagoodtohaveyouherelnWffilamsburg dealingwiththelssueafsmokingandhealth. where theearlyrootaofourNationtookhold., I', orilywtsht:hls fact could somehow make - Williamsburg holds'.. a special meaning 1tawayintothegenerel'massmediaandilato formeaealegtelator:forltwas~here,ur1e19; publlcdlscusslon.Buttheotistacleseregreat, thattheHouseof Burgesseeof'Vlrglnia; our' I realise:They have to do w1ththe babltei ffrstrepresentatlvelegislatlvebody; wascon- andpreJpdicea ofthe press~ credlbilityand vened. Ibad the rare privllegeot~serving In with so-called news values, mcludmg thei that body; now called the klrginia~ General preferred treatment oftenglventliose wbo A'ssembly, which lathe! oldest contmuouwattack zather thantothose whomustdefend leglstativebodyinthenewwor7d. suchattacka.. ItisslgniBlcantthatthtaconlerencebringe Nevertheless;greater obstacles thanthese, together representatlves from~ mdustry~ heve given wayto hoaest me'n arllling to academl8 andgovernment. Iam encouraged e=presstheir honest dissent. SOenaeln the by the opportunity1t provdd-for' enllght- marketplace of ldeas-aoientllic, onpolltlcal-enedi communlcatlon bet¢aeenthese sectors have never been an Instrument of change. ofoursoelety--communlcationwhich must After all', the wallsofdericho dldinotcometir nurtured 1f'ttie great tobacco lndustryot tumbling down until the Ram's horn bLew, thls world Is toflourish. loud and:flear: Dr. Wakeham orfginally suggested' that'I, In 1989; theCongresaofthei IInitedStates; discuss the unIversality of tobacc+o and;oL after lengthy testimonyfrvm scientists on course, the complexion ofthi9 audienoese~rves all i sides of the smoking and health con- toremind one of'th'at unlversallty.Iam toldi traversy; went on reoord tuurgetheGovern- that~more thaa45natlons ere represented bymeat tnldentlfy, aadc10se Lhegapsln~~ our the partlcipants 1nt'his conferenoe:. Th'fakaawledge.I~commend all ofyou here totl®yfact alone speaksmoreclearlythan Iicouldi for your eHorts tod0 so; Forw9thout, soltdever hope ta of the true universal tmpact of , scientific truth, developed through good re- thetobaccaIndustrythrougLout theworld. seaschand testedin thecruckbleof'.open~tlls-Thelanguageof tobacco is'unlversal, trade cussloID,pollcymakers~willneverknowwhere m~tobaeco~lb universallthe~~. objective oteca- togo. Andas~~.theold talmudlcsaytng~~.puts It, " ' nomlc, advancement in thisgreaV lndustry 1sunlversal. However, theraisanothere1ement, lnthe tobacco lndustry, an unwelcome elemeat; whioh 19 equaily'universal innature'. ThatIe thethreat to the entite industry Implicit In contravarsy over the relationshipbetween smoking and haalttr:1'here Is no questlan but that the tobacco lndustrysaa. whole 1lundersevereattack. Althougtl ~that attack f.spresentlydltected'. agamstthecigarette lndustry, Iam certain that 1f It should ' succeed those who have 1nstlgated itw4l1 find awaytofocusa new attack upontheremaining segments'. of the tobacco industry, The, danger ofthle, 1s seil-evSdent: Thesmokingand health question1s bbth apallticaland aaclentlflo controversy. Ult1+ mstedy;,I am hopeful that thebrlgHt; i1gbU of scientific research will dissipate the polit-Icalfog that surrounds it. The truth of th'ematter ts that the pollt-lcal controveirsy eaists'. because there are vastgaps mour knowledge about smoking and healthand that theesistence of. tbese gaps',has been deniedlfor too long bythoee who have a non-sclenttHe stake in attaek- 1ngtobacco. Make nomLAtake about1ti well-lntentioned forcea areat workthrough- out theworldto imposea guilty verdict upon amaking-withoutdue procesaofeelence. AS' alegislator, my major concern ls t'o prei- vent~ a stampede that will condemn ~ tobac,co on-less;than-€onclustve evidence: Fortu- nately, I amnotl alone. Manyof myfellow Representatlvee ~ Jo1n me m~ this i strugglei to prevent a non,selenttHcedictfrom forei-cdosing thesoarch, forsclentlhc truth. I am encouraged bythefactthatmanyof' you andi yourcolleagues: in the aclentificcommunlty havedeep reservations about the nature ottheevtdence used againsttobacco: I am aware of; the amount of private crlti- clamleveled against much of the research ffyou don t knowwhere you are going, any~ road will take you thiere •• Nearly, nlne! years ago with the issuance of: theeurgeon general'sreport, one such roadl wes selected, notknowingwhatcaused lung cancer~ or other major dlseases, a politico- medical arm of government launched I AmerlcadOwn t(ie, antl-smokingroad!Tfiat road clearly leade to the destructton~ of, the tobacca ~Sndustry: Itna'gme whatwouldhavehappenetl had there been no actlve resistanee movement on the po11t1cal i and scientific franta. The to- ~ tiacco mdustry mlght, well! have! vanished Iromthe~ecenei. And it that had happened;, Itwouldihave been toolate to apalogtza for~ tobacco's untimeily demLta when~ just this year the ~.Natlonaal Academy of; Sciences pub- ~ lletied a massive study which charges thatair pollution is the probable ; cause of lung cancer. This report Is a~model ofisctentlHC cautlun, carefully ~avoldmg even the semblance of sen- sati0nalistatement aimed atcreating panic In thepublle~ As a scienti8c document„It stands In marked contrastto thevarlous sur. geon geneiral's reports' on smoking and health. Is 1t notsttangei that this,oHlclal has Iailed to wage war on pollution as~. he has upon cigarette emokmg, which ~. he elassified as~. beingfar worsethan drug atld!cttonor automobile accidents, or aicohollsm or air pollution? I think It fs-nd frarJelg I can-~ not~ understand It. I would like to list a few~ major points made by~theNational Academy, of Sfiemces: panelists:. They concluded that It 1s~ "likely" that deaths ~ from lung-cancer would deerease'~. It alt~ pollution were aubstantially, reduced in urbanareaa. 'I4tey,said thatalthough'there ts,no "con- c1us14e~~.prooC" thatair pollutioncauseslung cancer~ the xeport pointa outAhat the disease 1& twice ascommon-ong city dwellers- rural residents'~.and is~ most com+non ln ~ areas 494+403-31439 . '

2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD! ;~ s, ,, , 1, ,(r~ii of citles':where:generalHndustrlel polluttonis~~ documents~prepared~s by, tbe',surgeoni general. worse'. The: same~evidence was~ in.existence..f3ome~. Wh11e, theyy noted that: cl'garette~~e smoking of~. St has been~ around for years. Can the~ appears to be~~.a~majar.factor'1n the~mcwease', surgeonn general+-fndeed ca- the sclentl8'c of'lung~eancer; they.potnted:mrt:that:smok-~ communlty-aHord~to be objeatlve'.regarding~ 1ngg alone cannot~acoount for the dlferent: air.pollutlon'and~r not: be:ab)ectlve regarding~ rstes m urban and~ rural areae:. amoking?~ Cann the a01cda1'~ government atti- Th'ey'repurted.that:studles of: Immlgrants~ -tbde be:dlfferentYtom..shytock'sR~-0an ecdea-~ have shown an~ Sncldence off lung'g cancer' tlflc' truth-like~ the'e quallty' of ini ~ somewhere:between the rates'.ln their' caun-~ strained?~~ Orr must iti not~ droppeth llke'.the~e ti•y~ of origin andd those Sn the ~ country, of gentle'e ralns~ from heaven hlnpartlallyy on all destlnatlon.. The; alderr they ~ are'~, when' they those below?' . migrate, the cl'oser'~r thedr' lung' aancer rates Pertiaps,~ distance from' the'e battle may be are to'o their'home countr6es..In some ~cases„ the secret of objectivity, Iibave~, observed~thati where the:llrng cancer~~rate~waa much higher~ ~~ when~ tobacco: Se'. the'~ subject of hearings or' ini tbee country~of'' origlnl.rates' among~ mI-~ ~discuss7on, many~ emfnent~ sclentists and granta~~ have: deereased.d aigaiacantl"veni though~ thelrr cigarette~.e smoking lncr:eased,, thepanelmid~. ~ .. They.reported'that:°Sn'no: in.wance has ex-~ posure to a apecl8'c polycyclic azomatlci by- drocarbon„ rmchh as benzo(a)pyrene~, been' provedd to have eansed.canoerd In man.".. .. Benzo'~(a)pysene fe', a common~ingred'Sent'. ef ~~ polluted~ alrr and; totiaccoo smoke'~. It ~ has been.cited year~after.year'1n'surgeon gen- eral's reporte' ae'~s a~ prlmee suapect.t causingg eancer.. in smokeas: And this bas~ been done despite two'~piecee': of', evidence whlch~ er'e~fn conflict ~ w'ithh that; ~conclusion.. ~ _'- -~ ~ Flrst;, over' iSA00M times's mare benzo(a)- pyrene ~.Is released Into the ambient air by all sources of: lndustrial ipollution thanby, burn•~ ing',all the ~. clga'.rette: tobacco produced :.ln the'. IIhlted Statea'. . ~ 6econd, and'~ perhaps more• Important', . re- search search c'onducted by'the. Ameriean Cancer'~ Society baa's vlttuallyy exonerated the aub-~ stance- as'.a euspect. T1tie~ AC9~S studied ~8,000 roofing workers;.for example, who: breathe, heated'~ fumes's o4~~f tar containing-'200~. tlmes'~ more benzo(a)pyreae~ than the maximum levels ln~a lafge'. Industrial city, orthe ~equiv- alent of 706' clgarettes, a' day:,. These~ ex- posed' workera amazingly~had no greater.ln-~ cldence ~. of lung cancer ~~ than , the~ general populatlon. ~ I'applaud the National Academy of Science panellsts, even though they~ ~were'~e dealing with air pollution~ I', am happy, to ~see that ~~ their objectivity and cautlon has.a "fall out"' physicians find It:dlIDcult, to utter any,etate- ment.that'~ could: be used in defense: of~to- bacco. Yetj when ~ theyy are ~ deialing with ~ an-~ other subject, thia la no~ longer' the cme: '. For' examp,le; , during hearings: on the ~: con-' qvestlat:cancer bill m~3eptember' of.last year', a former president' of~the'.AmerScan Cancer' 6oc:lety~boldly~stated~y that:cigarettes~cause'Q lung~.cancerg i2p to thls'point, he had devoted hls.testimony~to the~.need.to.flhd''.the esuse! of eancer, the~~e problema'- mvolved~ and, the need for ~ upwards: of. e' blillen doliarss too re- search search the mystery; But: he', hadd no,doubt when It came to ~cigarettes. , ~ r• When ~ I'I challenged him to name the agent Sn~ clgarettes~ which causes~ cancer,., be' ad-~ mitted it has~ never'r been dedned, end' con-~ tended~ that the', s6atistleail assocletion ~: wae ~ etrong',evidence ~to'~his mind. ~ 7, Representatlve Pem•: Rooxas,.thechairman of:thef subcommittee; who~Qoes.not represent tobacco growere„thenalso asked'h'im to~c9ear up his previous statement. "Either ~ we: do ~ know,~ ar.wei don't know." hee aa1d. ~~ -~ To which, th'Is.distinguis'hed physlclan. and dedicated opponent of'f tobacca,repl'ed--and . I quote~ hls's exact words'.: - =~~ "2:thmk.we'.can,state now'that we~.do~.not~e know the.precise cause of malignant changes ~ within the cell:. We know'~ a~numbera of' re:-~ mote~~ cauaes established by, atatlsticsl i meth- ~ ods'.by'the'~correlatlmn between exposure to~o the cause and thee oecurrence: , . . ~ ~ . . "We. -know. a number of lhtermediate~e causes,..pas•tlcularlp 1niexperlmental cancers'~i effect, upon'n the . c4garette: controversy. But I'I one can take a human cell.lme', and expose Stt wonder„as many.of:youdo„why'such oJec:-to amonk'eyvirus and,get prafound',changees tlvity and: caution did not reveal~ ltaelf'' mn ln the:cellIpattem. ' i I ' J ,. : . .. . .. , I90~ 093~-31499~. c a-_):~~ ~,.. r rlv:. •r; .1r..,t :s1Mf f;crr: ).:f°'-r;7. -a~~ r T t, ' >.r.~s 1 rtr. , . . c',,.:,. , hl t.~:A ..5'.. . O~'( ~ atlr.-r„d ern.t ;q ~.aa' 11o~Yca S ,lur... f sd :-~ ~Irf~ :. o_ 1.D~ 3;da~~7at^} o~(fr t3 teWC! :~ .~ S ii~[c:~~. 1,1.~P°: ":...It f;: '~.:; 1, ~. - , . ~ . 'a) x(~,i: Ft:... ~.:. f' , „ f.' . . ...... ., . ~ ~ IP.~ . .1 9. . . 11 .... -,> !_rvIJ.^.:::.eA .1I:SI.~'1.~ 1 -~1........ If"r .;3e1".1]e)~~b".:L. ~ , .~.Ata . ,: T_IYn4-.:"f ..~.:1 . '>'.~1'SI : '..rlrI f'. .... . :a:1t e?rn:r'o~ r. 11 ~ ry'.c.-1 ,i ^ lf - . ..rl~ l ,. lh'!. -:F.2 te :t -_ . lar~ . t . t~,.;t~ .. .. ... .,..n' 1::Ir -:;1 L...,. . , .. °But:I~would'agree'. with~you.,-that we do not have full and precise~,knowledge of Jpstl exactly~ what, causes.thei cancer.'" . • Sometimes, thee dYstance- of'f sheer mlles': (or~, perhaps's anotherr cu1ture~~) ~ lentlb objectivity. All tbingsi Chlliese:seem'to have.great, news' value:these days:.eo lt,was.amusing~.to:read a repart'i of' the trai a~~ medical dalega- tlon visitmg~~g thla country~ from~ the: People's~ Republ lc: of .. ChShe. . To a question about:cigarettes',, the Chlnese specialist ln,lnternal~imedlcM1ne~.a~doctor lisu Chia-Yu., who~is a:spoke man.for ~t1iee deSega- tidn-and a~smoker hm>_self:-replled:. I', quote from the~ news article which reported~, the~. Incttlent: "Well, I~I ycnow~smoking~w will: doo no ~oad'd for' me, but not muchh harm:. I: consider," said. Bsu, "of'course', to:patlenfs I may,advlse. hlm, "Don't ~~ smoke, , at least~ not. smoke too~o much!'. But anyway,, Ii d'on't'~ think. itt does'~ much ~~harm to~ you 1f', you're ~healthy." The fact ~~of this conference:and~'thls'e meet-~ ing: today, wSth ~the ~representatlces from~ our' umversStles„ lndustryy and gosernment'~ 15 a liopeft:l s'iga. It ~ mdlcates that't we can join together to dlseuss'~. common, technical prob-~ lems~ sndi.hopefully,.to~ find answers's to: the questlons clouding our~fut~e: @uestlo-that anly ~ tbe~ scientlfie: communlty ~ can . resol vee Questions whlch ~1t must resolve. ~~ And.so dn,this' cllmate-removed from the battle so too speak-I', offeu' a challenge. Why: don't~ you~ '~ an ofHclal liody-take the' necessary, steps to'. complei all ~ the ~ data , that ~ does nott support the: aotl.smoking posl-~ tlon and translate 1t:lnto lnformatlon w'hlch your representatlves'can use~ln,tbeir leglsla-~ tive: bodies. As'.. Professer, Stafford Beer told,a.group~of' Congressmen some~time'e ago; "We can~ gem-~ euate~ data~ Indefinitely; wei can eixchange data , forever;~,we~can store~data, retrleve;,and file, them away;,but we have'.to~e ask.why:,The~k purpose ~ is's regulation . and that meana ~ trans:- latlhg data.lnto dn'focmatlon. Ihformatlon 1ss what changess us••. .. .' .. .' . - So far the. Snformatlan~ on. smokingg has's been one-slded...It: Is'~now' time.to aedresa the ~. balance:by.cnmpiling and actlvatlhg the ~data ~. which.wlll present the others4de', of.the~.quea', ~ tion: You,bave neard.my challeage-I~.hope' you. wtll respond. .. . ..r. : 1~( V I

-3- Bangor, Maine, News editorially jeered at no-smoking "do-goodors" and said: "'Suddenly„ those who would deny us the sovereign right of contented self-destruction are organizing with a vigor and determi- nation that is scary. No-smoking activism~is emerging as a national vogue that is sweeping the country, not unlike a sky full of locusts., Slowly, but inexorably,, the no-smoking signs are becomingias common as Tom Eagleton buttons and hula-hoops."' Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph published a letter from an avidianti~-smoker who cited a~multitudp of studies condemning the use of tobacco. In aniunusuall response, the editor quoted Rosenblatt, as cited in TI's "Cigarette Controversy" booklet, who called the ciga- rette smoking/lung cancer concept "a colossal blunder." He had said that 20 years ago he "challenged the valid- ity of the incrimination of cigarettes..." and "I still find the conclusiions impossibie to reconcile with the biologic behavior of,these diseases." THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSN. prepared and releasedito media "as a public service" allengthy piece on smoking and health. Reporting nothing new, the story says smoking has bad effects oniunborn chil- dren, on ch:ildren,whose parents smoke at home,, on women generally (it notes that more ti.han: 3(%'' of U:.S'n women are, smokers):, and on, the nonsmoker. "...When you succeed in breaking the habit," the story concludes,, "you have provided a positive model to the younger chil- dren in the household, who, in turn, will be less likely to become smokers.'" London Sluiday Times containedia lengthy story by a British medical columnist on a,nicoti.ine chewing gum that alleg- edly helps smokers quit cigarettes. According to the re- port, smokers who average about &pack a day promptly cut down to about one cigarette aiday if they chew the nico- tine gum. THIS DIDN'T TURN UP in the 1973 HEW smoking-h,eaLth,reportr "Emphy- sema„" declared WilTiamiA., Briscoe, M'.D., "is a normal aging phenom- enon." That was his conclusion as co-chairman of an,emphysema sym- posium two years ago, published last year with a grant from the: Council for Tobacco Research., QUOTE FOR SPEECHWRITERS: Everyone knows that Pres. Eisenhower warned~in his Jan. 17, 1961 farewell,address of the "Ynilitary-industrial complex."' But his next paragraphiwas to warn of the "danger that public policy couldlitself become the captive of,a scientific-techno- C W ~ logicall elite." .~+ O AFTER SURVEYING DRIVERS iniCalif.,, Wash. and Wisc., the Farmers~In- surance Group, an L.A.-based company, concludedithat drivers who T

-4- smoke cigarettes are nearly twice as likely as nonsmokers to be in- volved in an auto accident,while driving. The company is now,offer- ing insurance reductions of up to $50 a year in 17'states to non- smokers., Sem.: Moss had a Washingiton Post story reporting the new rates inserted into the Congressional Record., NAT'L SAFETY'COUNCTL ASKED brewers and distillers to label alcoholic beverage containers with a~cautionary statement saying excessive drinking will impair dlriving, ability. Cbuncil President H;oward Pyle said,in a state- ment that 56,700 persons died in U.S. traffic accidents last year and that alcohol was a factor in at least half the deaths. "The tobacco industry is rolling along but,it"s still gathering Moss"-- Sen. Moss,, that is, according to the Greensburg, Pa., Tribune-Review. "Yesterday,"'the newspaper said in an editorial,, "Moss and his back- ers wanted to censor cigarette,advertisements. Now it's little ci- gars. Anditomorrow. Who knows?' As with,every other endeavor gov- ernment,involves itself ini, censorship tends to expand both its au- thority and:its scope. Carried very far in the field,of advertise- ment, government,censorship could cripple the free: press by depriv- ing it of aivital source,of revenue." **~ **~ *** ~** AT TI'S 15TH ANNUAL MEETING,, its Board,of Directors elected Louis. F'. Bantle of U.SI. Tobacco to Board membership, and to the Executive. Committee, replacing,Louis A. Bantle who retired. Tributes were paid to Bantle and other retirees: Addison Yeaman~of B&W, veteran of service on the Committee of,Counsel, and,Edtaard RaQland, vice president of The Institute since its foundling; and to the late Robert Walker,, chief executive of American Brands. Reappointed,chairmen of major committees were Jack: Roemer (RJR), Counsel; Charles Wade (RJR), Communica- tions, and John,Murphy (L&M), Budget. Officers re- elected inclluded,Horace Kornegay, president,, andiMr. Murphy, Treasurer. **~ *** *** ~~* COLUMNIST BOB SYLVESTER wrote in the New York:Daily News of'a friend's response when he gets in a taxi with a no-smoking sign: He tells the driver he,"s allergic to tipping. ### GJ .~. ~. ~~~J